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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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